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15-08-2003

Visit the page of new FACOME members:
César Chalén
Geraldo de Assis Guimarães
Fábio Marques Aprile
Joze Kotnik
Márcia Cristina Bisinoti
Robin Tamulynas
Wanderley Rodrigues Bastos



14-08-2003

Two new sites about mercury are online:

The Global Mercury Forum hosting the Global Mercury Project

Sistemas Agrícolas Amazônicos - SAAM : Mercury contamination of aquatic ecosystems of the Amazonian area of the Tapajós River : a lever to help setting up riparian agricultural systems models based on sustainable development




21-07-2002

A new article sent by Marcelo Bahia
Biological effects of mercury and its compounds in human beings - a mini review
Plínio Cerqueira dos Santos CARDOSO, Patrícia Lima de LIMA, Marcelo de Oliveira BAHIA, Marúcia Irena Medeiros de AMORIM, Rommel Rodríguez BURBANO, Rômulo Augusto Feio FARIAS.


Visit the page of new FACOME members:
Otávio do Canto
Carlos Eduardo Barroca Junior
Adam Watchorn
Anders Kortsen
John Gutierrez
Frank Anscombe

10-02-2002

Discover the panoramic view over the CUPU Lake, Lower Tapajos, Brazil, where researchers from the Mercury exposure and ecosystem health in the Amazon project are analysing the relation between agricultural practices, soil erosion and mercury exposure.




Full text research articles on mercury in the Amazon are available in PDF format. Go to the
Download page.


Download the HgEx program
An expert system for risk assessment for mercury discharge from gold mining operations
prepared by Marcello M. Veiga and John A. Meech


Presentations on mercury in the Amazon region at the 6th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant - ICMGP - Minamata, Japan, October 15 to 19, 2001.
Biogeochemical cycling - 42 abstracts
Health - contaminated sites - Analytical Chemistry - 40 abstracts


Visit the page of new FACOME members:
Jean-François Orru
Guillermo Medina Cruz
Nicolas Mainville


Read the article
Mercury rising: Deforestation and gold mining in the Amazon basin cause the release of toxic metal.
published on the "Today's Chemist at work" website.

29-11-2001

Read the articles sent by Marcello Veiga in PDF format.
(You need to download and install the Adobe Acrobat Reader to be able to open PDF documents)
Marcello M. Veiga, Malcolm Scoble, Mary Louise McAllister
Mining with communities
Natural Resources Forum 25 (2001) 191-202
Article (PDF)

Jennifer Hinton and Marcello Veiga
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada
Mercury Contaminated Sites: A Review of Remedial Solutions
Proc. NIMD (National Institute for Minamata Disease) Forum 2001. Mar. 19-20, 2001, Minamata, Japan.
Article (PDF)

Maria Claudia Sandoval, Marcello Veiga, Jennifer Hinton, Bern Klein
Review of biological indicators for metal minig effluents: a proposed protocol using earthworms
Proceedings of the 25th Annual British Columbia Reclamation Symposium, p. 67-79. Campbell River, B.C. Sept. 23-27, 2001.
Article (PDF)


07-11-2001

The Research Institute for Development - France - publishes a report on mercury in the Amazon: Le mercure en Amazonie: Rôle de l'homme et de l'environnement, risques sanitaires.

Scientific coordination: Jean-Pierre Carmouze, Marc Lucotte, Alain Boudou.

To order the book visit the IRD Éditions web site.


29-10-2001

Welcome to new FACOME members: Ana Paula de Souza Lima, Thalles Gomes e Markus Meili




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